‘IRAN IN THE 21ST CENTURY’ A series of studies on the widespread socio-cultural problems facing Iran today  FEB 2008 ACI is planning a series of seminars and roundtables to examine the socio-cultural problems facing Iran today. We believe that to be effective in developing new solutions we need to understand the historical and cultural context which has led to: lack of self-belief in individuals lack of confidence and self-belief at societal level  lack of self-reliance disillusionment and mass hopelessness mass depression indifference towards the future  indifference towards society and ... ACI invites experts, researchers and all those with knowledge and expertise to participate in these roundtables to further our understanding of such issues. We are interested in studies which may shed light on the social, historical and political antecedents to issues we’ve outlined above, studies which examine the current social context and those which propose innovative new ways forward. Our aims in holding these roundtables are to develop new thinking about the politics of change, and to identify new ways of working which may contribute to this change.   further information: by email: london [at] aciiran [.] com by telephone: +44 20 7328 8415